typotheria

\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈthirēə\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from plural of Typotherium, genus of herbivorous mammals, from typ- (probably influenced in meaning by French slang type peculiar individual, from French type type, from Greek typos) + -therium

: a suborder of Notoungulata or sometimes a separate order comprising small So. American Tertiary and Pleistocene mammals somewhat similar to the rodents and having clavicles, usually five toes, and simple persistently growing teeth